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president obama and mitt romney will square off in their first presidential debate. dagen: peter barnes is in denver where the opponents will go toe-to-toe. hey peter. peter: hey dagen and connell. listen, mitt romney hopes these depates will help -- debates will help him overtake president obama and pull ahead here and use these debates to try to close the race with the american people. the new poll shows the race tightening, 49% for obama, 46% for romney, among likely voters, within the margin of error. there's a lot of debate over whether these debates can make a difference in these elections. looking in history, they have in in the past. in 1960 they helped john kennedy overtake richard nixon. 1980 helped reagan over take carter. 2000 helped bush overtake gore. romney was behind in 02 race for governor in massachusetts, he was trailing badly six weeks before the election. the campaign reorganized, romney pulled his advisors together. they decided on a new strategy which was to get tough and get specific and romney went on to win that 2002 race for governor in mas
president obama and mitt romney will square off in their first presidential debate. dagen: peter barnes is in denver where the opponents will go toe-to-toe. hey peter. peter: hey dagen and connell. listen, mitt romney hopes these depates will help -- debates will help him overtake president obama and pull ahead here and use these debates to try to close the race with the american people. the new poll shows the race tightening, 49% for obama, 46% for romney, among likely voters, within the...
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a failure at the debate last night would have killed romney. no, it just means he's back in business. we know that -- needs a shot of coffee or something, that the president needs to come back. dagen: you let your opponent think you are kind of -- and second debate your opponent is too confident and you come back -- i'm just saying. >> what you are saying -- i don't know where you got this, but this is what i told my wife last night, you wait before this 90 minutes is over, he's got a whopper, and before i knew it, it was all over and i never saw the whopper. dagen: the whopper i'm saying will be the second debate. >> no, you don't take gambles like that. that's not well thought out. there's no rhyme or reason for a person as talented and knows the facts, he's on the campaign trail, he is good, good, good, and mitt romney, you know, was very low expectations, very few things that he says is the same as what he said before. he's been inconsistent. but i've always said mitt romney comes out of central casting. a class b movie actor, give him any
a failure at the debate last night would have killed romney. no, it just means he's back in business. we know that -- needs a shot of coffee or something, that the president needs to come back. dagen: you let your opponent think you are kind of -- and second debate your opponent is too confident and you come back -- i'm just saying. >> what you are saying -- i don't know where you got this, but this is what i told my wife last night, you wait before this 90 minutes is over, he's got a...
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what do you hope to see from mitt romney in the debate? >> i hope he draws a distinction between himself and president obama. it is a clear distinction. you never know what will happen in the next four years but we have one president who decided government control and government dependency are the answer to every problem and someone out there who support free enterprise. freedom economic and individual freedom and wants to release the american spirit. if we release that entrepreneur real energy we will get back on track and recover. ashley: great place to leave it. thank you for joining us. tracy: stick around for the closing bell. global ceo john tyler giving you $750 billion of investment advice exclusively here with ashley in the next hour. count down to the closing bell is next. don't go anywhere.
what do you hope to see from mitt romney in the debate? >> i hope he draws a distinction between himself and president obama. it is a clear distinction. you never know what will happen in the next four years but we have one president who decided government control and government dependency are the answer to every problem and someone out there who support free enterprise. freedom economic and individual freedom and wants to release the american spirit. if we release that entrepreneur real...
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so it is really romney's debate performance and campaigning this all these battleground states. dagen: what about on the president's side? is it also the most critical thing for him, his debate performance, or are they focused on something completely different? >> well, i think they are focused on the spending and the get out the vote effort. they have an infrastructure that they've spent a lot of money on, and you see he's still out campaigning trying to raise money because there is a machine that costs a lot of money to run, a lot of offices around the country to try to get out those voters on election day. you know, the economy while some -- you all talk about it all the time, some quarters are doing better, like housing prices, etc., there are some shaky parts of the economy that, you know, as we get closer to election day, one month from today, that's a lot of what the obama campaign is watching. dagen: very shaky in some places. bret, happy anniversary. >> thank you very much. dagen: because i follow bret on twitter as you all should. >> eight years. dagen: if you don't, c
so it is really romney's debate performance and campaigning this all these battleground states. dagen: what about on the president's side? is it also the most critical thing for him, his debate performance, or are they focused on something completely different? >> well, i think they are focused on the spending and the get out the vote effort. they have an infrastructure that they've spent a lot of money on, and you see he's still out campaigning trying to raise money because there is a...
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president obama and mitt romney are getting ready for their first debate this wednesday. some conservatives say mitt romney needs a to do a better job selling his tax message which at times seems a little bit muddied. lou dobbs is here to weigh in. i think that was generous. >> very generous. by the way same can be said and should be said of president obama. what these two men are doing, in their economic policies, excuse me, is truly bizarre. they're both obfuscating a bit. to what end, one doesn't know. when you try to win election, seems to me, and i have only covered six presidents but i think it is better if you're clear and direct as you can be with the voter if you want them to vote for you. that is just my feeling. melissa: yeah. >> unless you've got a record a little like mr. obama where you don't need them to focus in quite so sharply on your record, maybe a little fuzz is good. when you were the guy coming at him, you better be sharp and focused and neither man is, i think entirely achieving his goals. melissa: the president, so much of his campaign focused on
president obama and mitt romney are getting ready for their first debate this wednesday. some conservatives say mitt romney needs a to do a better job selling his tax message which at times seems a little bit muddied. lou dobbs is here to weigh in. i think that was generous. >> very generous. by the way same can be said and should be said of president obama. what these two men are doing, in their economic policies, excuse me, is truly bizarre. they're both obfuscating a bit. to what end,...
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charlie: we should point out, look at what one good debate performance does. we were talking about tim geithner stepping down. people thought based on the polls -- melissa: you are killing me speaking now looking at two maybe -- romney. this is called a hit. i get to talk. melissa: i will tell you what a hit is. [laughter] charlie: this is called doing a story. you do not know because you are interrupting me. i would have said it by now if you did not interrupt me. lori: can we guess? here it is. here it is. charlie: kevin borsch -- former fed governor. here is what gives him, i think, it is both a positive and negative. major player during the financial crisis. a close person with bernanke. word close with timothy geithner. that is a positive to some extent. also a negative. melissa: they had a falling out. charlie: let me finish what i am saying here. melissa: we are so excited about the story. charlie: yes, he had a falling out with bernanke. very much at odds over a lot of qe. this is a positive. a negative is age. he is 42. i know paul ryan is 42. i am si
charlie: we should point out, look at what one good debate performance does. we were talking about tim geithner stepping down. people thought based on the polls -- melissa: you are killing me speaking now looking at two maybe -- romney. this is called a hit. i get to talk. melissa: i will tell you what a hit is. [laughter] charlie: this is called doing a story. you do not know because you are interrupting me. i would have said it by now if you did not interrupt me. lori: can we guess? here it...
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mitt romney, taking on our enemies no matter where they nest. lori: is this what the presidential debate should really be focused on? lou dobbs is here. lou: where should we start. melissa: i will sit back. go ahead. lou: the sesame workshop has decided they have had a belly full of being in this presidential campaign. they have asked that the campaigns cease and assist. they are a nonpartisan outfit. it really became onerous when not only the president was using big bird, but then romney to point out there have been eight mentions of big bird by president obama and five mentions of elmo and count along the mentions of libya. zero. the plant to fix the economy, zero. big bird overtaking. talk about a big bird and a small issue. it is as you say on becoming. it is disastrous for the president. he looks small. his campaign looks unimaginative. in fact, desperate, doing this kind of campaigning. lori: saying that he is willing to make tough cuts. lou: absolutely. he has grandkids. u.s. have kids. everyone is familiar with big bird. they bring and t
mitt romney, taking on our enemies no matter where they nest. lori: is this what the presidential debate should really be focused on? lou dobbs is here. lou: where should we start. melissa: i will sit back. go ahead. lou: the sesame workshop has decided they have had a belly full of being in this presidential campaign. they have asked that the campaigns cease and assist. they are a nonpartisan outfit. it really became onerous when not only the president was using big bird, but then romney to...